[Tlhingan-hol] lung

[André Müller]

De'vID qatlho', 'oH vISovbe'. vaj DIvI' Hol <snake> mughlu'meH mu' qar
'oHlaw' ghargh'e'.


2014-06-21 13:11 GMT+02:00 De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>:

> André Müller:
> It depends on where you draw the arbitrary line
> > between N and N-'a'. After all, it's just a suggestion. Interpretation
> > depends on the speaker. After all, the meaning we got from Okrand is
> > "serpent, worm". We don't know how big Klingon gharghmey can be.
>
> Actually, we do. The word {ghargh} originally referred to the giant
> worm- or serpent-like creature on the Genesis Planet which attacked
> and wrapped itself around Kruge. (This one:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S03-kruge_fights_the_worms.png )
>
> So {ghargh} can, with no suffix, refer to something comparable in size
> to a Klingon.
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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